3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Australia includes the external Territories.

Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Committee.

claim means a claim for a payment under the scheme.

claimant means a person who makes a claim.

Committee means the Public Lending Right Committee established by section 7.

member means a member of the Committee and includes the Chairperson.

previous scheme means the Public Lending Right Scheme administered by the Department as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.

scheme means the scheme approved under section 5, or, if that scheme has been modified under that section, that scheme as so modified.

(2) A reference in this Act to an Australian author or an Australian person is a reference to an author or a person, as the case may be, who: (a) is an Australian citizen, wherever resident; or (b) is ordinarily resident in Australia. (3) Where a book has been written by an Australian author or Australian authors and by another person or other persons, this Act applies as if the book had been written by the Australian author or Australian authors. (4) A reference in this Act to modifying the scheme includes a reference to omitting or adding a provision, or substituting a provision for another provision. (5) A person who, by virtue of a determination under the previous scheme, was eligible to receive payments under that scheme in respect of a book shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act and the scheme, to be a claimant in respect of that book unless, by virtue of a determination under the previous scheme, the person was not eligible to continue to receive payments under that scheme in respect of that book.